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The End of Leasehold Flats? A Breakdown of the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Bill
Úna Campbell
24 January 2018
Time’s up! When does “late” become “too late” to make an application for provision under the 1975 Act?
The decision in the case of Sargeant v Sargeant [2018]EWHC 8 Ch was handed down last week. The Court held that the widow of a farmer was too late to make an application for reasonable financial provision from her husband’s estate; having made the application more than 10 years after the grant of probate was obtained.
12 January 2018
Supreme Court goes back to basics in negligent valuation claim
The Supreme Court has gone back to basics in its approach to the assessment of damages in a claim involving a negligent valuation.
14 December 2017
It’s only a court order, who cares? –Contempt of court
One of the trends over the last few years in civil fraud cases has been the increase in applications to the Court for defendants in civil fraud proceedings to be committed to prison for contempt of court (“Committal Applications”). Cases against a number of “Oligarchs” for breaches of freezing orders spring to mind.
However, recent cases show that the increase in Committal Applications is not just in fraud proceedings.
6 December 2017
PAC report confirms fraud is most prevalent crime in England and Wales
The Public Accounts Committee published its report on the growing threat of online fraud, after considering evidence from organisations such as Age UK, Lloyds Banking Group, and the British Retail Consortium. It made for depressing reading with the cost of the crime for individuals estimated at £10 billion, and around 2 million cyber-related fraud incidents last year alone. That number is thought to be growing rapidly.
17 November 2017
Fraud in your business: Would you know what to do?
It's Fraud Awareness Week. How much do you know about protecting your business from fraud? Hannah Fitzwilliam writes.
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